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Healthy Lifestyle Habits and Mortality in Overweight and Obese Individuals

Eric M. Matheson, Dana E. King and Charles J. Everett
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2012, 25 (1) 9-15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.01.110164
Eric M. Matheson
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